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Osedax is a
genus of deep-sea
siboglinid polychaetes,
commonly called boneworms,
zombie worms, or bone-eating worms.
Osedax is
Latin for "bone-eater"...
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Osedax mucofloris is a
species of
bathypelagic Polychaetes that is
reported to
sustain itself on the
bones of dead whales.
Translated from the
mixed Gr****...
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radiation on
whale falls, and the
genus Osedax,
which are
specialists that
burrow into bones.
Members of
Osedax can be
found on
whale falls across the...
- Siboglinidae. The
clades are Vestimentifera, Sclerolinum, Frenulata, and
Osedax.
Vestimentiferans live in vent and seep habitats.
Separation of vestimentiferans...
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Osedax frankpressi is a
species of
bathypelagic polychaete worm that
lives on the
seabed and
sustains itself on the
bones of dead whales. It can be found...
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Osedax rubiplumus is a
species of
bathypelagic Polychaetes that is
reported to
sustain itself on the
bones of dead whales.
Their paedomorphic males are...
- off the Galápagos Islands.
Marine deep sea
polychaetes under the
genus Osedax will
colonize at
whale falls in many
different oceans,
using a symbiont...
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Osedax priapus is a
species of
bathypelagic annelid polychaete worms that
consume the
nutrients inside the
bones of dead
whales or
other vertebrates. Unlike...
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Osedax roseus is a
species of
bathypelagic polychaete worm that
lives at
abyssal depths and is able to
sustain itself on the
bones of dead whales. The...
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ramifying peripheral afferent blood vessels. In
Osedax, only the
female has the trophosome. The
trophosome in
Osedax is made up of non
symbiotic bacteria that...
